Violent Crime

Depressed, humiliated teen commits suicide after sexual abuse from married teacher; family of victim accuses school district of enabling ‘known sexual predator’

 Depressed, humiliated teen commits suicide after sexual abuse from married teacher; family of victim accuses school district of enabling ‘known sexual predator’
Juveniles

The family of a teenager who committed suicide after becoming victimized by a teacher characterized as a “known sexual predator” has sued a school district for allegedly concealing the behavior of the married teacher who had sex with minor students. The Reno Gazette Journal reports that Tennille Whitaker, 41, is serving a maximum of 20 years …

Family-killer Chris Watts on SUICIDE WATCH in prison: Report
Family Crime
March 14, 2019

Family-killer Chris Watts on SUICIDE WATCH in prison: Report

Convicted family annihilator Chris Watts is reportedly in suicide watch in a Wisconsin prison where he is serving multiple life sentences for the murder of his pregnant wife Shanann Watts and two young daughters, Bella and Celeste Watts. Citing an unidentified Wisconsin Department of Corrections source, RadarOnline reports that Watts is under suicide watch. “Chris …

Jussie Smollett pleads NOT GUILTY to charges in alleged hate crime hoax, lying to police
Celebrity Justice
March 14, 2019

Jussie Smollett pleads NOT GUILTY to charges in alleged hate crime hoax, lying to police

“Empire” actor Jussie Smollett has pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from an alleged hate crime hoax in which he is accused of lying to police. CBS News reports that Smollett’s attorney, Tina Glandian, pleaded not guilty on her client’s behalf to 16 counts of disorderly conduct stemming from the January 29 incident, when Smollett told …

Gambino crime family boss shot dead, run over in front of his wife and children
Murder
March 14, 2019

Gambino crime family boss shot dead, run over in front of his wife and children

The head of a New York crime family was fatally shot in a gangland-style murder in front of his Staten Island home. The New York Post reports that Francesco “Franky Boy” Cali, believed to be the boss of the Gambino crime family, was shot and killed Wednesday night in front of his mansion in the Staten …

Backgammon pro Rod Covlin GUILTY of murdering millionaire wife in Manhattan apartment
Family Crime
March 13, 2019

Backgammon pro Rod Covlin GUILTY of murdering millionaire wife in Manhattan apartment

Rod Covlin was found guilty in a Manhattan courthouse for the murder of his wife Shele Danishefsky — nearly ten years after she was found dead. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Danishefsky was found by her 9-year-old daughter in their Upper West Side apartment on New Year’s Eve in 2009. Danishefsky was a multimillionaire with assets upward of …

Aaron Hernandez murder conviction reinstated
Celebrity Justice
March 13, 2019

Aaron Hernandez murder conviction reinstated

Aaron Hernandez is a convicted murdered once again after a Massachusetts court reversed a decision to vacate the former NFL’s conviction after his 2017 prison-cell suicide. Deadspin reports that a Massachusetts court has reinstated Hernandez’s 2015 murder conviction for the death of Odin Lloyd, after determining that the legal principle that vacated the conviction was …

Family Crime
March 13, 2019

Accused killer Patrick Frazee in contact with ANOTHER mystery woman in Idaho who lives near last known location of Kelsey Berreth’s phone — 10 minutes after it last pinged

The man accused of murdering missing mother Kelsey Berreth spoke to a woman in Idaho who lives near the location where Berreth’s phone last pinged, three days after she was last seen alive. Patrick Frazee was arrested for Berreth’s murder in December, and another Idaho woman, Krystal Lee Kenney, pleaded guilty to tampering with evidence. …